Best way to make 100K+ per year in the mainstream?

[bigdik]

What are the best ways to make 100K+ per year in the mainstream/ legit, with less than 3 months in skills upgrade. I know quite a few people make a $100k+ like MBA's, Lawyers, Doctors, etc., but there is a fair bit of skills/ education upgrades...

For example I was told you can become a headhunter and make that kind of $$$ if you are good with people/ sales?

I look forward to your helpful tips/ ideas/ etc.

It ain't that easy.......Better like making a LOT of cold calls. The money is there, but most people don't like the rejection.

wonkyknee - anything in the financial industry....get your Securities licence...100k is basically starting salary if you're fairly smart, good with people and like anything, good looking always helps.

As a headhunter dealing exclusively with the financial industry, you're lucky to start with a base of $32 - 35k, plus bonus, which as a rookie won't get you to $40k. The good looking part is right on, female even better at entry level.

 

[Serpent]

my brother is interested... what programs at devry are appropriate. personally, i don't know much about the difference between a web programmer, a web designer, an IT specialist, or a Unix systems specialist, etc...

Ask him to forget Devry and aim for Univ. of Waterloo's CS Dept.

Amazing that people want to make 100k+ and look to places like DeVry.

 

[smiley1437]

What is SAP?

****and EndUser1, who is that in your sig! I almost fell out of my chair.

LIM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_AG

 

[stang]

It's not what you make, it's what you keep.

 

[abstinent]

i guess we all love that quick fix.
how bout jobs that are only 50-60k, stable, benifits, but have the easy task of a 10/hr job? & no post secondary required neither.

no trades, no risks nor sales....
no truck/taxi driving or forklift factory type stuff either.
i can only think of govt jobs such as ttc, and maybe some customer service work, and slowly work your seniority up...

chyrsler of brampton parts department had people get paid 30/hr-35 no education required, but thats borderline trades, but many layoffs recently....

 

[zekestone]

What is SAP?

****and EndUser1, who is that in your sig! I almost fell out of my chair.

LIM

If you have to as what SAP is, then it isn't for you.

 

[Gilbey]

Make a low budget movie, for about 6,000. make it about something interesting, something you know about, um... and then when its done , you can market it to the US in the VOD (video on demand) digital cable market, there are over 38 million subscribers to digital tv with VOD (4 million in Canada) , if your flm is adult oriented, no porn, but a sexy comedy, you can easily get 3% of the market for the 3 months they run the films thats about 1,114,000 downloads to digital boxes. now even if you only get 2.50 per download,
thats $2,785,000. for you, now thats even before the film is realeasd on video for video stores and broadcast to English speaking markets around the world, (there are 72 of them) so your 6,000. investment can turn into a couple of million,
the trick is to make something people want to watch, sexy comedies, and sexy horrors are best to sell as low budget features. There are guides to low budget features
Look at Lloyd Kaufman who makes the shlock, like Toxic Avenger, see how bad these films are made, low budget, but they make millions of dollars, I know 2 people who paid $30.00 for the dvd. amazing garbage , thats shot in 2 weeks. All actors are on deferred contracts or extremly low pay, like $50. a day
So you know nothing about movie making? no problem, neither does Kaufman, you can hire a consultant who can help you make some real low budget flicks on a nothing budget and find you cheap crew and cast to do the film. You can pay someone about $3,000. to get you set up with cast crew, and contracts and equipment deals, (not included in the 3,000)
even if you only make lets say 500,000 on a film, and make 3 in one year, thats not bad for a 6,000. investment, I say 6,000. because of incenetals, gas, food for crew, props, camera rentals, light rentals, etc. ( i'm lucky to own all my own equipment) anyway you want to make money, come up with a great idea that will sell, otherwise, like someone else said, buy a blonde wig and stand on the corner. an get lots of KY.
My 2 cents , hey its what I am doing with my flick,

and CUT !!!

 

[fuji]

There are lots of jobs that earn a good wage but do not demand a higher education, but that should not be confused with having no investment of skills!!!

Take headhunting. Can do that with a highschool diploma, but it takes years to build up connections, skills, etc., before you can earn a good living. Or the film idea--sure in theory anyone can do it, but in reality, the guy who makes the low budget blockbuster film will have spent at least a few years learning the ropes of the film industry and trade.

Any opportunity to make $100k is going to require some substantial investment on your part in either education or skills or both. Just because the job doesn't demand a masters degree doesn't mean the guys doing it didn't spend years learning their trade to get to that level.

 

[nottelling]

http://www.leafshockeyschool.com/
After 3 months you should be able to play for the Leafs. To increase your chances specialize as a defenceman. The Leafs pay huge amounts even if you can't skate.

AWESOME! had a great laugh at this one!

 

[infernis]

Learn SAP. You can make $200 per hour, or own your own consulting firm. You could make $460 per hour!

Its what i do.. You can train your self.. www.sapdrill.com No degrees needed..

SAP Consultants are the MOST respected IT people out there.. If you are young and have no attachments, then its even better

Lots of travel, Lots of Money.. If you don't like working in the USA, then take a contract in Dubai or Japan or KUWAIT!!! 1 Kuwaiti dinar = 3.6 USD .. THERE IS IMMENSE DEMAND!!!

More than 80% of S&P 500 companies USE SAP ERP Software including Microsoft. The competition is almost nill.. Oracle has a bunch of products, but nothing to compete against SAP.

http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/sap.do The best site to lookup income for SAP Professionals.

Make sure you click the contract button, it VERY VERY rare a top consultant will sign up as an employee for a company... Most of them consult independently or are subcontracted by the big players. IN Canada they are Accenture, Capgemini and IBM Global Business,

http://www.sapwhiz.com/Brocuhure.zip

Good luck.

 

[Horny_69]

When I was 20 I made my first $100,000 in less then 6months buying up real estate, fixing flipping and reselling..try it out.

I currently make well over that in less then a month,

 

[infernis]

When I was 20 I made my first $100,000 in less then 6months buying up real estate, fixing flipping and reselling..try it out.

I currently make well over that in less then a month,

So when were you 20?? lol You cannot do that now because of Capital Gains Tax.

You can sell only the principal residence to avoid the Tax.

 

[Esco!]

You cannot do that now because of Capital Gains Tax.

Who says he pays it??!!


BTW That wouldnt fall under CGT anyways, if he flips buildings full-time it falls under
regular income tax

 

[hemi]

You can trade stocks for your own account. Many people fail at it (probably over 90%), but if you're successful you can easily make over 100K per year.

 

[Fritz96]

Its what i do.. You can train your self.. www.sapdrill.com No degrees needed..

SAP Consultants are the MOST respected IT people out there.. If you are young and have no attachments, then its even better

Lots of travel, Lots of Money.. If you don't like working in the USA, then take a contract in Dubai or Japan or KUWAIT!!! 1 Kuwaiti dinar = 3.6 USD .. THERE IS IMMENSE DEMAND!!!

More than 80% of S&P 500 companies USE SAP ERP Software including Microsoft. The competition is almost nill.. Oracle has a bunch of products, but nothing to compete against SAP.

http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/sap.do The best site to lookup income for SAP Professionals.

Make sure you click the contract button, it VERY VERY rare a top consultant will sign up as an employee for a company... Most of them consult independently or are subcontracted by the big players. IN Canada they are Accenture, Capgemini and IBM Global Business,

http://www.sapwhiz.com/Brocuhure.zip

Good luck.

But how hard is it to break in? It seems most of the job postings require several years experience.

 

[RogerRabbit]

Ad Idem...

I wanted to thank all those people who made positive contributions to this thread and to those who are good at making us laugh too, life can be a little too serious somedays!

Also certain hobbies, require certain incomes and/ or levels of savings...

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[spraggamuffin]

Its what i do.. You can train your self.. www.sapdrill.com No degrees needed..

SAP Consultants are the MOST respected IT people out there.. If you are young and have no attachments, then its even better

Lots of travel, Lots of Money.. If you don't like working in the USA, then take a contract in Dubai or Japan or KUWAIT!!! 1 Kuwaiti dinar = 3.6 USD .. THERE IS IMMENSE DEMAND!!!

More than 80% of S&P 500 companies USE SAP ERP Software including Microsoft. The competition is almost nill.. Oracle has a bunch of products, but nothing to compete against SAP.

http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/sap.do The best site to lookup income for SAP Professionals.

Make sure you click the contract button, it VERY VERY rare a top consultant will sign up as an employee for a company... Most of them consult independently or are subcontracted by the big players. IN Canada they are Accenture, Capgemini and IBM Global Business,

http://www.sapwhiz.com/Brocuhure.zip

Good luck.

Had no idea these kinds of opportunities still existed with so many Indians now flooding the market(claiming they know the stuff before getting the job only to learn it after securing the job). What's more I had no idea you can get the lucrative jobs without a degree in Computer Science.

My brother has been an SAP basis consultant for 15 years and makes good change.

The job is easy as I did an install etc already with his guidance but it's the fine tuning that takes time an one must be well rounded in the OS system used as well as the Database the system is connected to.

I tried the degree route but dropped out because of too much calculus and all that chaos and fractals theory etc.

I am MCSE and UNIX certified and have diploma in Computer Programming all of which have gotten me nowhere fast as most hiring firms require at least a degree in Computer Science or at least a couple years experience in the field mostly to fulfill the requirement for TN1 Visas to work in the US where most of the contracts are currently as H1Bs are no longer given out due to pressures from highly unqualified US citizens who believe these high paying jobs should be theirs and not that of qualified outsiders who can do the job.

My brother ended up moving to the US for not only the more attractive tax structure and warmer Climate but because it's where most of the lucrative SAP clients for his Consulting firm were.

At one time you could make $250US an hour as an independent but not sure if this is still so as many have now come on the SAP bandwagon. If you are well seasoned in SAP as well as Peoplesoft and BAAN, UNIx and DB2 or ORACLE you can still demand this though but not likely if you are green in the field.

The functional side may still be lucrative as it is the more difficult side as it involves programming in ABAP but from what I last saw in job descriptions employers and headhunters are looking for too much in that they require prospective employees to not only have the requisite academic degree(to facilitate cross border employment) but also that they have a wider range of skills ie system admin in UNIX and Vista, Shell scripting, VB Scripting, DBM in Oracle and DB2, and also web technologies like JAVA etc.

I have since gone back to Accounting with a concentration in Computerized Auditing.

If you are serious about this field and young and have what it takes via left brain ability Waterloo is where big companies like Microsoft and GE source their IT personnel.

Again if you are smart Finance is the way to go but none of these options are quick as required by the OP.

Anything in the medical profession is hot and while there are more options and opportunities south of the border for upgrading and working in fields that do not exist in Canada like Physicians' assistants, there are still lucrative opportunities in Canada like Occupational therapists,Radiographers etc that require longer periods of training but are well paying and don't require further training in the near future.

Welder make up to $270 an hour at Fort McMurray but these are experienced welders who know more than one type of welding(Mig,Tig etc) and are very skilled at it. IT may be feasible to train for it in a short space of time but not sure what the Canadian Training is like but most good welders I know are who were trained outside of Canada. Plus everything is expensive out there and the conditions I hear are brutal too. Once oil prices go down and Fort McMurray is no longer lucrative, the skill is one that can be transfered to other industries though.

 

[Gyaos]

I tried the degree route but dropped out because of too much calculus and all that chaos and fractals theory etc.

Oh, big boo-boo. You know mathematics and money are the same. It's numbers. My highest level of math was Complexity which if you know what Amadeus felt like writing his requium, same thing. But you gotta get the degree, even if you go for broke. Down the road in life, there will be some day, some time, some event where Brian Lamb of C-Span will read your educational credentials on the air, or you state them with pride to convince that investor. Even to date the girl of your absolute dreams, ending up 4 life. It works and it's never too late. You don't need the degree to be a manager at KFC.

I love all the posts here and all try to venture from the salesman getting taxed route to the entrepreneur/investor route. $100,000 a year? That's chump change. It really is a low-paying job. Look at it like this: If you had $100,000 after taxes, what would you do with it? Turn it quickly into $300,000, spend it, or bury it at 4% interest while paying 33% or more of taxes on it?

Get the degree, then make your own $100,000 and multiply it.

Have a nice day!

Gyaos Baltar (Vice President of Caprica)

P.S.: The post about F'n Britney Spears is also a good idea. Like it or not, it's no longer a rich guy going after a poor girl way of life, anymore.

 

[Gilbey]

Get your new invention idea and go see the dragons on the CBC reakity show
Dragon's Den convince them its a great idea and get $500,000. up front for your idea, if its good, if not they will burn you alive...

 

[Gilbey]

I know we have been having fun with this thread, but I'd like to make a serious comment.
Is the money and figure that important? or is having fun at what you do and enjoying your career and day to day much more important, I will choose having fun and enjoyment any day over the money,
sorry but making an extra 30 - 50 k a year and being miserable is just not a life where you can say you like quality of it.
life moves so fast, the money is nice to buy some things, but it just can't be the most important thing,
I know it's cliche, truth is that it never does make life sweet, look around at people you know, are the ones who have a million any happier than you?
probably more miserable inside but putting on a pretense of how sweet it is.

I feel Im blessed to be able to to the things I want to do, and have enough to enjoy life without any debts right now, yes no debts. I once had a shit load of money in the bank for a time, when I bought and sold cottages up in Haliburton, almost 100K put away, it didnt make me happy or content. 'In fact it was a liability, a weight on my shoulders.
too many people think life would be so great if they only had a pile of money.

make your life a priority, the quality, not the numbers in your salary. Who cares what others think of your net worth.
my 2 cents